Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Calling for a radical rethinking of the human nutrition science, scientists have developed a new framework called nutritional geometry which is the culmination of more than 20 years of research in the field.

According to the authors, the new model would assist the health professionals, dietitians and researchers to better understand and manage the complexities of obesity.

The medical and health news service Medical Xpress reported that the nutritional geometry showed that protein has been the strongest driver influencing diet, regulating the intake of fat and carbohydrate.

Professor David Raubenheimer and Professor Stephen Simpson from University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre said, “Existing models for measuring the health impacts of the human diet are limiting our capacity to solve obesity and its related health problems.”

“Our framework shows that the prevailing focus on single nutrients is not able to help us understand complex chronic diseases and that an approach based on nutrient balance can help solve the problem,” Simpson added.

“We’ve provided a framework for not only thinking about but also experimentally testing issues around the dietary balance. Much like the invention of the telescope or microscope, this framework offers a new tool with which to look at the complex dietary problems and bring them into focus,” he further noted.

Professor Raubenheimer said, “The new approach provides a unique method to unify observations from many fields and better understand how nutrients, foods and diets interact to affect health and disease in humans.”